Medical Expenses

Description and Definition of Medical Expenses

Your and your dependents expenses for health care that were reasonable and necessary and not reimbursed by insurance or another plan. Expenses include those for doctors, dentists, hospitals, transportation to medical care, prescriptions, and health insurance premiums. Other expenses may qualify. You can deduct your medical expenses that exceed 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income as an itemized deduction.

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Further Reading

• Medical Expenses in the West's Tax Law Dictionary
• Medical Expenses in “A Dictionary of Taxation”